Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and Gabrielle Greene divorce gets dirty
Could he be putting the pinch on his estranged wife in their
divorce?
Former New York Times publisher Arthur “Pinch” Sulzberger
Jr. is apparently living up to his nickname in his divorce battle with his wife
of fewer than six years Gabrielle Greene.
According to a source, things have become so bitter, they
are warring in court over the terms of the prenup they signed before they
married in 2014.
One source sniped, “Arthur gave Gabrielle a prenup before
they married, and now he doesn’t want to stick to it.”
But a rep for Sulzberger Jr. insisted, “Mr. Sulzberger is
fully complying with his prenup, including the provisions regarding
confidentiality, and only wants this marriage to come to a peaceful end. Ms.
Greene is misinterpreting the prenup to meet her demands.”
The terms of the prenup are not known, but the source
speculated it could cover marital property and New York Times stock.
Sulzberger Jr. bought an Upper West Side penthouse for $4
million in 2011. He also owns a Hudson Valley mansion in New Paltz.
The NYT scion, 69, reportedly worth around $16 million,
filed for divorce from Greene, a 60-year-old financier who did a brief stint as
chair of Whole Foods, on Feb. 4, The Post first revealed.
The divorce records are sealed, but docket information shows
it’s a “contested matrimonial” suit filed in New York State Supreme Court. The
former couple is said to be back in court today — and both have hired powerful
legal guns.
When asked about the prenup battle, Greene’s attorney Sheila
Riesel, a partner at top divorce firm Blank Rome, who has represented Al Pacino
and Woody Allen, said, “I can’t comment. This is a private matter.”
Sulzberger Jr.’s attorney Adria Hillman — who famously
represented Ron Perelman in his scorched-earth divorce from socialite Patricia
Duff — also declined to comment when reached by Page Six by phone.
Sulzberger, Jr. is often referred to as “Pinch,” a variation
of his father’s nickname, “Punch.” He retired as chairman of the New York Times
Company in December 2020, passing the torch to his son A.G. Sulzberger, the
fifth generation of the Ochs-Sulzbergers to take the reins as publisher in more
than 120 years of family ownership.
Greene is Sulzberger Jr.’s second wife. The two wed at the
Outermost Inn on Martha’s Vineyard on Aug. 30, 2014, according to their wedding
announcement in the Times, which said that the bride planned to take her
husband’s name, although the divorce papers filed by Pinch identify his
soon-to-be-ex only as Gabrielle Greene.
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